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DBMS > 4D vs. GBase vs. TDengine vs. TerarkDB vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. GBase vs. TDengine vs. TerarkDB vs. TimesTen

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Time Series DBMS and big data platformA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.gbase.cngithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
github.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.tdengine.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
Developer4D, IncGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.TDEngine, previously Taos DataByteDance, originally TerarkOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release19842004201920161998
Current releasev20, April 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c3.0, August 202211 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions availablecommercial inforestricted open source version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonCC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Standard with numerous extensionsStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applicationsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
C++
Java
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnonoPL/SQL
Triggersyesyesyes, via alarm monitoringnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyesyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionGBaseTDengineTerarkDBTimesTen
Specific characteristicsTDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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